Conversation (Hội thoại)

F. Listen to the conversation. What advice does Faisal give? How strong is it?

(Nghe đoạn hội thoại. Faisal đưa ra lời khuyên gì? Nó có tác động mạnh mẽ đến mức nào?)

Alex: I feel so tired all the time. I don't have any energy. What should I do? 

Faisal: Do you get eight hours of sleep every night?

Alex: Yes, I do. In fact, I usually sleep longer than that! 

Faisal: Well, you could get more exercise.

Alex: Like what? 

Faisal: You could work out at the gym.

Alex: But I don't have time. I'm too busy. 

Faisal: Really? How do you get to work in the morning?

Alex: I drive my car, of course. 

Faisal: Why?! It's only a mile to your office. You should walk or ride a bike.

Vocabulary (Từ vựng)

Noura has a healthy lifestyle. She's in good shape because she works out at the gym and rides her bike to school every day. She eats healthy food, like fresh fruit and vegetables. (Noura có một lối sống lành mạnh. Cô ấy có vóc dáng khỏe mạnh vì cô ấy tập thể dục ở phòng tập thể dục và đạp xe đến trường mỗi ngày. Cô ấy ăn thực phẩm lành mạnh, như trái cây tươi và rau quả.)	Robert doesn’t have a good lifestyle. He's in bad shape because he never gets any exercise. He eats too much junk food and no fruit or vegetables, so he gets sick a lot. (Robert không có một lối sống lành mạnh. Anh ấy có vóc dáng không khỏe mạnh vì anh ấy không bao giờ tập thể dục. Anh ấy ăn quá nhiều đồ ăn vặt và không ăn trái cây hoặc rau quả, vì vậy anh ấy hay bị ốm.)

A. Complete the sentences with the words in blue.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau với các từ có màu xanh dương.)

1. I need to exercise more. I'm ______ .

2. Helen doesn't have a ______ diet. She eats a lot of junk food. 

3. I have a healthy ______. I don't smoke and I get regular exercise. 

4. I need to change my diet. I eat too much ______. 

5. Jane is feeling much healthier. She ______ and eats healthy food, like vegetables and fruit. Soon she'll be ______.

B. Are these activities healthy or unhealthy? Write the numbers for the activities in the table below. 

(Những hoạt động sau lành mạnh hay không lành mạnh? Viết các số của các hoạt động vào bảng dưới đây.)

Language Expansion: Compound Adjectives

(Mở rộng ngôn ngữ: Tính từ Ghép)

A. Read the news report. In 2018, which country was the happiest in the world? 

(Đọc báo cáo sau. Năm 2018, quốc gia nào hạnh phúc nhất thế giới?)

B. Read the article. Match the title to each paragraph.

(Đọc bài viết. Ghép tiêu đề đúng với từng đoạn văn.)

The Need for Sleep

_____

Why do we sleep? One thing we do know is that it's good for our physical and mental health. Physically, sleep helps prevent sickness and keeps our body healthy. Mentally, we study and work better when we sleep for about eight hours the previous night.

_____

In this century, lack of sleep is becoming a big problem. The average American sleeps less than seven hours a night - that's two hours less than a century ago. Our modern 24-hour-day lifestyle means that more and more of us are working at different times of the day-and-night. We often stay up late into the night, and some of us even work all night and sleep during the day. This is a problem because our body's natural clock is connected with the movement of the sun. If we don't sleep at night for long periods, it can be bad for our health.

_____

But perhaps the biggest problem comes from electric lights and screens. Modern cities use bright LED lights through the night, which changes the way we sleep. In addition, the screens of our computers, tablets, and smartphones all send out blue light. The bluer and brighter the light, the more difficult it is to get tired and go to sleep. As a result, some medical experts suggest that we shouldn't watch more than two hours of television per day, and that we should stop looking at screens (including phones) one hour before we go to bed. But how many of us will take this advice? 

lack (adj) not enough (of something) 

stay up (phrasal verb) not go to bed

a. A twenty-first century problem

(Một vấn đề của thế kỉ 21) 

b. The problem of light and screens

(Vấn đề về ánh sáng và màn hình)

c. Why do we need to sleep?

(Tại sao chúng ta cần ngủ?)

C. Read again. Answer each question. Circle Yes, No, or Doesn't say.

(Đọc lại bài viết lần nữa. Trả lời từng câu hỏi. Khoanh tròn vào từ “Yes – Có”, “No” – Không” hoặc “Doesn’t say – Không đề cập”)

D. Complete this summary using the words from the article. 

(Hoàn thành bản tóm tắt này bằng cách sử dụng các từ trong bài viết.)

Sleep is good for physical and (1) mental health. It helps stop (2) _____ and keeps us healthy. We also study and work (3) _____ when we sleep for (4) _____ hours. But in the twenty-first century, we aren't getting enough sleep. One reason is that we stay up (5) _____ or (6) _____ all night. Another reason is that (7) _____ light from screens keeps us awake. As a result, medical experts advise us to stop looking at screens (8) _____ hour before bed.

B.  Read about Valorie Salimpoor and answer the questions.

(Đọc về Valorie Salimpoor và trả lời các câu hỏi sau.)